There will be 5 hours for practical work and short lectures (20-30 minute lectures). The practical sessions will provide students with the immediate opportunity to implement and reinforce the material presented in the short lectures.
Module Aim:
To introduce the general concepts of object oriented programming and software development
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to:
LO1
Develop object oriented GUI based programs.
LO2
Be sufficiently familiar with the use of persistence through Database Connectivity to store application data.
LO3
Demonstrate the use of Testing and Debugging techniques to develop more robust applications.
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed.
No requirements listed
Module Content & Assessment
Indicative Content
Two-dimensional graphics
Graphics objects, colours, fonts, graphics and drawing methods.
Multimedia
Images, Animation, Audio and Video
Implementing persistence and associations.
Implementing GUIs:
UI components; the event model, AWT, Swing.
Using and creating library components; reuse.
Testing and debugging:
Unit and incremental testing.
New and advanced topics including using streams, threading, and exception handling
Assessment Breakdown
%
Continuous Assessment
50.00%
End of Module Formal Examination
50.00%
Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type
Assessment Description
Outcome addressed
% of total
Assessment Date
Other
In-lab programming test 1
1,3
20.00
Week 6
Other
Take Home Project
1,2,3
30.00
Week 12
No Project
No Practical
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type
Assessment Description
Outcome addressed
% of total
Assessment Date
Formal Exam
Formal written examination
1,2,3
50.00
End-of-Semester
SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment